SECOND OPERATION. 35 
Now one side is done. All that remains to be 
done is to see that no feathers or other foreign sub- 
stance are left inside the opening; then take out the 
spreader, let the skin and muscle slip back over the 
incision through the ribs, unfasten the chick, and— 
turn him around on the other side for another oper- 
ation. 
I have described the job in all its minutest de- 
tails. To perform the operation does not require: 
one-tenth the time that it takes to tellit. In the 
first attempt you may possibly spend a quarter of 
an hour or more. What doesit matter? Take your 
time. The fowl, while not especially comfortable, 
is not actually suffering. He feels slight actual 
pain only during the moment when the incision is 
made, and perhaps during the removal of the testi- 
cle. ‘After you have operated on two or three birds 
the task becomes an easy one, and the operation 
will not take many minutes. The difficulty is only 
in the first attempt. Expert operators usually re- 
move both testicles from the one opening, the lower 
one first and afterwards the upper one. This is all 
right, but it is not safe for the novice to attempt it. 
I find it much easier, more convenient, much safer, 
and just as expeditious to open the fowl on both 
sides. : 
The turning of the bird is quickly done. Lift up 
the lever, taking hold of the chick’s legs, turn him 
over on his right side, as shown in fig. 14, and re- 
adjust the lever to hold his feet. Again shift the 
table ‘so the light will fall fully upon the front of 
the fowl, and into the opening to be made on the 
left side. The operator this time stands on the other 
